Exam question 3 · Tests, exams and mistakes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a lower mark.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, lower mark

This is exam question 3 of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mark	det
11	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 mark	amod
12	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a lower mark		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mark=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

It should be hidden from one's parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hidden	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hidden	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hidden	aux:pass
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 parents	case
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parents	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	should · passive		It				from one's parents	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

Option 2

It proves that one cannot learn the subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 learn	mark
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learn	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 learn	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 learn	advmod
7	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 subject	det
9	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not learn	can	one	the subject					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 3

It means the test was unfair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unfair	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unfair	cop
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the test					unfair property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It indicates what is to be practised next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 practised	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practised	aux:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	7 practised	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 practised	aux:pass
7	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 practised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	practise	present · passive						next property	tree rules

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